Margaret Creque, D/B/A Community Motors v. Evelyn Knowles

OPINION OF COURT

In this action for debt by the seller of an automobile against the buyer on a note for the unpaid balance of the purchase price, the court below, sitting without a jury, found for the plaintiff. The defendant has appealed, contending that she has suffered offsetting damage by reason of the seller’s failure to comply with the provisions of the Uniform Conditional Sales Act, as then in force 1 in the Virgin Islands. V.I. Code, title 11, sections 641-48.

The statutory provisions upon which the appellant relies are section 655 of title 11, which authorizes the seller in the event…